Thinking of downgrading or sidestepping to an intergrated. Not sure I want to move away from valves but I just don’t listen to my Viva set up enough to justify keeping it really.
Speakers are 101db so doesn’t need to be big on power.
I haven’t owned an intergrated since the early 90’s so I’m clueless.
Class A integrated is your friend.
Budget?
What Viva is it, 845, 300b or 2a3 etc?
Last one I owned was an original MF A1. Does that count?
845- with a LF1 pre.
I know fuck all about stereos.
Don’t know really. As long as it’s smaller than my current amps and weighs less than 50kg.
I like the look of the Luxman amps. But would do fugly for sound quality.
The Line Magnetic LM-518ia may be an option, it’s an 845 integrated. I had one with some Devores and it was very good.
I seem to remember liking the look of that. What made you get rid or is that a silly question
This is my amp - absolutely superb thing. I use it with El-34’s but you can use KT-88’s at the flick of a switch and had the MM phono board added.
can’t remember TBH, wasn’t because I didn’t like it, probably the usual box swapping.
Is that the one with red transformer covers? If so it looked nice.
Ooh they sell Luxman. Confusing range though. Why so many intergrated amps at similar price points🤔
Or, if 4w sounds a little bit short
I’ve had a Luxman and they are lovely things but the Cayin is much better to my ears.
They have some nice amps in their pre-owned section (including a Luxman)
And a nice looking Cayin. The Trafomatic that @pmac linked to looks interesting as well. Lots to look at already.